vyos_vlan – Manage VLANs on VyOS network devices

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of VLANs on VyOS network devices.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
address
-
Configure Virtual interface address.
aggregate
-
List of VLANs definitions.
associated_interfaces
-
added in 2.5
This is a intent option and checks the operational state of the for given vlan name for associated interfaces. If the value in the associated_interfaces does not match with the operational state of vlan on device it will result in failure.
delay
-
Default:
10
Delay the play should wait to check for declarative intent params values.
interfaces
- / required
List of interfaces that should be associated to the VLAN.
name
-
Name of the VLAN.
provider
dictionary
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.
For more information please see the Network Guide.
A dict object containing connection details.
host
string / required
Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
password
string
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
port
integer
Default:
22
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
ssh_keyfile
path
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout
integer
Default:
10
Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
username
string
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
purge
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Purge VLANs not defined in the aggregate parameter.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the VLAN configuration.
vlan_id
- / required
ID of the VLAN. Range 0-4094.

Notes

Note

  • Tested against VYOS 1.1.7

  • For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide

Examples

- name: Create vlan
  vyos_vlan:
    vlan_id: 100
    name: vlan-100
    interfaces: eth1
    state: present

- name: Add interfaces to VLAN
  vyos_vlan:
    vlan_id: 100
    interfaces:
      - eth1
      - eth2

- name: Configure virtual interface address
  vyos_vlan:
    vlan_id: 100
    interfaces: eth1
    address: 172.26.100.37/24

- name: vlan interface config + intent
  vyos_vlan:
    vlan_id: 100
    interfaces: eth0
    associated_interfaces:
    - eth0

- name: vlan intent check
  vyos_vlan:
    vlan_id: 100
    associated_interfaces:
    - eth3
    - eth4

- name: Delete vlan
  vyos_vlan:
    vlan_id: 100
    interfaces: eth1
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
commands
list
 always
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Sample:
['set interfaces ethernet eth1 vif 100 description VLAN 100', 'set interfaces ethernet eth1 vif 100 address 172.26.100.37/24', 'delete interfaces ethernet eth1 vif 100']


Status

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

  • Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

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